diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 536a2dfffc..a48c472fe5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -1528,9 +1528,9 @@ (define-public modem-manager
       #:configure-flags
       #~(list (string-append "--with-udev-base-dir=" #$output "/lib/udev"))))
     (native-inputs
-     (list `(,glib "bin") ; for glib-mkenums
+     (list gettext-minimal
+           `(,glib "bin") ; for glib-mkenums
            gobject-introspection
-           intltool
            pkg-config
            vala
            ;; For testing.